Holding device.



H. ENGLISH.

HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 11113.10, 1910.

1,098,789, Patented June 2, 1914,

[Nl/E NTOR ELTN g l a s h maar ENGLISH, or SIDNEY, oiiro. y

HOLDING DEVICE,

Specification of Letters latent.

PatentedJiine 2, `1914:.

' VApplication filed March 16,1310. Serial No. 549,799.

, To all whom t may concern ing their free ends bent at substantially which points may bedriven into a post, or

-vide a device of thisclass which may be readily and quickly attached to a wall, post i ticularly pointed ut in thespecication and yholder applied to use and attached to a against the face of the object to which the i Beit known that I, HARRY ENenIsH, a citizen of the United States,` residing at Sidney, in the county of lShelby and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and uselful. Improvements in Holding Devices; and I 'do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertainsfto make and use the same. .y i

\ My invention relates to new and useful improvements in holding devices and more particularly to that class adapted to beused for holding newspapers when delivered by carrier or otherwise and my` object is to proor otherconvenient object. v

The novel features and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more lparclaim.

In the accompanying'drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure l is a perspective view showing my improved porchy post.` F ig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view thereof. Referring to the dra-wings in which similar reference numerals designate correl spending 4parts throughout the several views, l indicates a post to which my 1mproved holding device may be att-ached, although it will be understood vthat said holding device may be secured to any suitable object. The holding device is preferably constructed from a single section of wire, the vertical parallel sections 2 thereof havright angles and pointed as shown at 7,

other object to attach the holder thereto.

The lower ends of the vertical sect-ions 2 are coiled to form springs 4C, that portion of the wire between the spring sections being extended upwardly to .form a loop section', the major portion of the loop section being extended inwardly so as to restholder is. secured when not in use, the eX- treme upper end of the loop section being bent outwardly, whereby a newspaper orl other object may bereadilyforced between the loop sect-ion and the objectto which the holder is secured. e

The upwardly extendingportions of the loop `are placedvat an incline so as to bring the binding portion thereof substantially midway between the vertical sections 2," ythereby directing the pressure of the loop on to the paper substantially at one point.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, that portion of the loop` engaging Vthe paper direct-ly is c0r rugated, as shown at 6, thereby providing" f a more secure hold for the loop upon the t paper.

In securing the paper inthe holder, said` f paper is preferably folded, as shown in Fig. l, one folded edge being then engaged with the outwardly extending upper end of the loop and downward pressure applied to the paper, which willk result in i' forcing 4. the upper end of the loop outwardlyl and,

very'cheap and economical form of deviceV for holding newspapers or similar objects to prevent the saine from being blown awa orotherwise destroyed and it will further be seen that by constructing the same of wire. said holder will be practically indestructible from use and further that said device may be secured to anysuitable object` such as posts, door jams, walls and the like. It will likewise be seen that as the holder is constructed from one piece of wire,

the expense of manufacturing and applyingA the same to use will be reducedto the mini-V mum. l

Wh-atlclaim is:--` f A holder consisting of a singlev piece of spring wire bent at its center intoV-shape, the ends of the two diverginglarms being each coiled outwardly and Viinallyloent tangentially to the coils forming ,two straight arms in a single plane parallel withvl each other adapting them to lie against a Hat surface, the free ends of said straight arms terminating outwardly of the converged ends of said V-shape portion, Vandbent at y right angles to the straight arms, and

pointed to adept them for insertion in a fla-t l n testimony whereof I have signed my surface, the dvergng arms from their apex name to this speCicat-ion n the presence of being bent lnward' to the lpla-ne of said surtwo subscribing Witnesses.

`face and again outward to the outside turns HARRY ENGLISH. of the coils, the point of greatest Ipromi- Witnesses:

nance in said 'last mentioned bend being cor- S. J. HATFIELD,

' rugated. E. W. BINGHAM. 

